Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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criminal contempt
An act that obstructs justice or attacks the integrity of the court. ( A criminal-contempt proceeding is punitive in nature. - Also termed common-law contempt."Criminal contempt is a crime in the ordinary sense; it is a violation of the law, a public wrong which is punishable by fine or imprisonment or both." Bloom u. Illinois, 391 U.S. 194, 201, 88 S.Ct. 1477, 1481 (1968).